(usually initial capital letter) the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that is situated on the right side of the presiding officer and that is customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold more conservative or reactionary views than the rest of the members.

47.Right in the sense of “very, extremely” is either archaic or dialectal. It is most common in informal speech and writing: It's right cold this morning. The editor knew right well where the story had originated.

right

in accordance with accepted standards of moral or legal behaviour, justice, etc: right conduct

2.

in accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct or true: the right answer

3.

appropriate, suitable, fitting, or proper: the right man for the job

4.

most favourable or convenient; preferred: the right time to act

5.

in a satisfactory condition; orderly: things are right again now

6.

indicating or designating the correct time: the clock is right

7.

correct in opinion or judgment

8.

sound in mind or body; healthy or sane

9.

(usually prenominal) of, designating, or located near the side of something or someone that faces east when the front is turned towards the north related adjective dextral

10.

(usually prenominal) worn on a right hand, foot, etc

11.

(sometimes capital) of, designating, supporting, belonging to, or relating to the political or intellectual right (see sense 39)

12.

(sometimes capital) conservative or reactionary: the right wing of the party

13.

(geometry)

formed by or containing a line or plane perpendicular to another line or plane

having the axis perpendicular to the base: a right circular cone

straight: a right line

14.

relating to or designating the side of cloth worn or facing outwards

15.

(informal) (intensifier): a right idiot

16.

in one's right mind, sane

17.

(Austral & NZ, informal) she'll be right, that's all right; not to worry

18.

the right side of

in favour with: you'd better stay on the right side of him

younger than: she's still on the right side of fifty

adverb

19.

(Austral & NZ, informal) too right, an exclamation of agreement

20.

in accordance with correctness or truth; accurately: to guess right

21.

in the appropriate manner; properly: do it right next time!

22.

in a straight line; directly: right to the top

23.

in the direction of the east from the point of view of a person or thing facing north

24.

absolutely or completely; utterly: he went right through the floor

25.

all the way: the bus goes right to the city centre

26.

without delay; immediately or promptly: I'll be right over

27.

exactly or precisely: right here

28.

in a manner consistent with a legal or moral code; justly or righteously: do right by me

29.

in accordance with propriety; fittingly or suitably: it serves you right

30.

to good or favourable advantage; well: it all came out right in the end

31.

(esp in religious titles) most or very: right reverend

32.

(informal or dialect) (intensifier): I'm right glad to see you

33.

right, left, and centre, on all sides; from every direction

34.

(informal) right off the bat, as the first in a series; to begin with

noun

35.

any claim, title, etc, that is morally just or legally granted as allowable or due to a person: I know my rights

36.

anything that accords with the principles of legal or moral justice

37.

the fact or state of being in accordance with reason, truth, or accepted standards (esp in the phrase in the right)

38.

(Irish) an obligation or duty: you had a right to lock the door

39.

the right side, direction, position, area, or part: the right of the army, look to the right

40.

(often capital) the right, the supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic conservatism or reaction, based generally on a belief that things are better left unchanged (opposed to radical or left)

41.

(boxing)

a punch with the right hand

the right hand

42.

(finance)

(often pl) the privilege of a company's shareholders to subscribe for new issues of the company's shares on advantageous terms

the negotiable certificate signifying this privilege

43.

by right, by rights, properly; justly: by rights you should be in bed

44.

in one's own right, having a claim or title oneself rather than through marriage or other connection: a peeress in her own right

45.

to rights, consistent with justice, correctness, or orderly arrangement: he put the matter to rights

verb (mainly transitive)

46.

(also intransitive) to restore to or attain a normal, esp an upright, position: the raft righted in a few seconds

47.

to make (something) accord with truth or facts; correct

48.

to restore to an orderly state or condition; put right

49.

to make reparation for; compensate for or redress (esp in the phrase right a wrong)

sentence substitute

50.

indicating that a statement has been understood

asking whether a statement has been understood

indicating a subdividing point within a discourse

interjection

51.

an expression of agreement or compliance

Derived Forms

righter, noun

Word Origin

Old English riht, reoht; related to Old High German reht, Gothic raihts, Latin rēctus

Cf. slang straight (adj.1) "honest, morally upright," and Latin rectus "right," literally "straight," Lithuanian teisus "right, true," literally "straight." Greek dikaios "just" (in the moral and legal sense) is from dike "custom." As an emphatic, meaning "you are right," it is recorded from 1580s; use as a question meaning "am I not right?" is from 1961. The sense in right whale is "justly entitled to the name." Right stuff "best human ingredients" is from 1848, popularized by Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first astronauts. Right of way is attested from 1767. Right angle is from late 14c.

"opposite of left," early 12c., riht, from Old English riht, which did not have this sense but meant "good, proper, fitting, straight" (see right (adj.1)). The notion is of the right hand as the "correct" hand. The usual Old English word for this was swiþra, literally "stronger." "The history of words for 'right' and 'left' shows that they were used primarily with reference to the hands" [Buck]. Cf. similar sense evolution in Dutch recht, German recht "right (not left)," from Old High German reht, which meant only "straight, just."

The usual PIE root (*dek-) is represented by Latin dexter (see dexterity). Other derivations on a similar pattern to English right are French droit, from Latin directus "straight;" Lithuanian labas, literally "good;" and Slavic words (Bohemian pravy, Polish prawy, Russian pravyj) from Old Church Slavonic pravu, literally "straight," from PIE *pro-, from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).

The political sense of "conservative" is first recorded 1794 (adj.), 1825 (n.), a translation of French Droit "the Right, Conservative Party" in the French National Assembly (1789; see left (adj.)).

Old English riht (West Saxon, Kentish), reht (Anglian), "that which is morally right, duty, obligation," also "rule of conduct; law of a land;" also "what someone deserves; a just claim, what is due; correctness, truth; a legal entitlement, a privilege," from the root of right (adj.1). Meaning "the right" (as opposed to the left) is from mid-13c.; political use from 1825. From early 14c. as "a right action, a good deed." Meaning "a blow with the right fist" is from 1898. The phrase to rights "at once, straightway" is 1660s, from sense "in a proper manner" (Middle English).

adv.

Old English rehte, rihte "in a straight or direct manner," from right (adj.1). Right on! as an exclamation of approval first recorded 1925 in black slang, popularized mid-1960s by Black Panther movement.